An action for the super-5-brane in D=11 supergravity
Abstract
An alternative path is taken for deriving an action for the supersymmetric 5-brane in 11 dimensions. Selfduality does not follow from the action, but is consistent with the equations of motion for arbitrary supergravity backgrounds. The action involves a 2-form as well as a 5-form world-volume potential; inclusion of the latter makes the action, as well as the non-linear selfduality relation for the 3-form field strength, polynomial. The requirement of invariance under kappa-transformations determines the form of the selfduality relation, as well as the action. The formulation is shown to be equivalent to earlier formulations of 5-brane dynamics.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9712059,
title = {An action for the super-5-brane in D=11 supergravity},
author = {Martin Cederwall and Bengt E. W. Nilsson and Per Sundell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9712059},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
plain tex, 8pp. Essential correction to the selfduality equation. Added paragraph showing equivalence to other formulations